infinitude

[ in-fin-i-tood, -tyood ]

noun

1. infinity:

   divine infinitude.

2. an infinite extent, amount, or number.

infinitude

/ ɪnˈfɪnɪˌtjuːd /

noun

1. the state or quality of being infinite
2. an infinite extent, quantity, degree, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of infinitude¹

1635–45; infin(ite) + -itude, on the model of magnitude, multitude

Example Sentences

The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were finitude, infinitude, unfitted and unidentified.

From New York Times

“Powers’s insightful, often poetic prose draws us at once more deeply toward the infinitude of the imagination and more vigorously toward the urgencies of the real and familiar stakes rattling our persons and our planet.”

From New York Times

The inherent disorder could manifest infinitudes of nigh unpredictable states, so physicists instead calculated spin glass’s properties by averaging many copies of the system: a so-called replica trick.

From Scientific American

“The infinitude, this idea that light and space could be tools, elements, forged to create artwork,” she said of Irwin’s influence.

From New York Times

The overlapping layers of the grid conjure a magical star chart, intimating ingenuity, adventure and heavenly infinitude.

From New York Times

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